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Summary

Emphasizing the connection between language and literacy, the fourth edition of Teaching Students with Language and Communication Disabilitiesexplores language development and language disorders within the context of specific disabilities. Organized in a three-part format, the text examines language development and disorders in school-age children, analyzes language difficulties associated with specific disabilities, and presents assessment techniques and instructional strategies used in today's classrooms. This edition includes new student vignettes, new teacher perspectives, updated activities, and new literacy sections so educators learn how to apply concepts to real classroom situations.

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Preface

p. vii

Understanding Language and Communication

Language and Language Disorders

p. 1

Kevin: A Case Study

p. 1

Speech, Language, and Communication

p. 2

Language Disorder

p. 8

Summary

p. 11

Review Questions

p. 11

Suggested Activities

p. 12

Resources on the Web

p. 12

References

p. 13

The Elements of Language

p. 14

Phonology

p. 15

Morphology

p. 17

Syntax

p. 19

Semantics

p. 21

Pragmatics

p. 22

Summary

p. 24

Review Questions

p. 24

Suggested Activities

p. 25

Resources on the Web

p. 26

References

p. 26

Language Acquisition: Bases for Development

p. 27

Physiological Bases of Language Development

p. 27

Cognitive Bases of LanguageDevelopment

p. 35

Social Bases of Language Development

p. 38

Summary

p. 40

Review Questions

p. 41

Suggested Activities

p. 41

Resources on the Web

p. 41

References

p. 42

Language Acquisition: Models

p. 44

The Behavioral Model

p. 45

The Nativist or Syntactic Model

p. 48

The Semantic-Cognitive Model

p. 50

The Social Interactionist Model

p. 51

The Information Processing Model

p. 52

The Emergentist Model

p. 54

Implications for Language Intervention

p. 55

Summary

p. 57

Review Questions

p. 57

Suggested Activities

p. 57

Resources on the Web

p. 58

References

p. 58

Language Development: Birth Through the Preschool Years

p. 60

Prelinguistic Development

p. 61

Emergence of Expressive Language

p. 65

Language Development in the Preschool Years

p. 67

Learning to Mean: The Development of Semantics

p. 73

Learning to Converse: The Development of Pragmatics

p. 74

Language Development and Emergent Literacy

p. 75

Summary

p. 78

Review Questions

p. 78

Suggested Activity

p. 78

Resources on the Web

p. 79

References

p. 79

Language and Literacy in the School Years

p. 82

Teacher View: Ninth/Tenth Grade Alternative School Teacher

p. 82

Language Development in the School Years

p. 83

Implications for Instruction

p. 90

Language and Literacy

p. 91

Implications for Instruction

p. 96

Summary

p. 97

Review Questions

p. 97

Suggested Activities

p. 97

Resources on the Web

p. 98

References

p. 98

Language and Communications Disorders

Language and Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders